AIR ROUTE TO CANADA.
LONDON, July 9. Expeditions which are literally Polos apart were temporarily linked bv the docking of tho Quest —the ship which is to take an expedition to Greenland to study conditions for an air route to Canada alongside the William Scorcsby, which was Sir Hubert Wilkins' base ship in the Antaret'e Tho Quest at present is loading huge supplies, which include two Moth aeroplanes. packed in large cases, two outboard motor-boats, besides ship boats, a dozen dog sledges, wireless sets, rifles, numerous delicate scientific instruments for surveys. There is an enormous variety of food, including asparagus, pressed chicken breasts, mustard and cress, 30001b. of superior pemmican and other nutritive foods, 90001b of dog pemmitan, and many esses of "dog-fat margarine," of which i the "huskies" eat 31b. to 41b. a day.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20619, 18 July 1930, Page 11
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135AIR ROUTE TO CANADA. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20619, 18 July 1930, Page 11
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